PEÑITAS, Texas—Two sisters from Texas and a friend are missing in Mexico after they crossed the border last month to sell clothes at a flea market, U.S. authorities said Friday. The abduction of four Americans in Mexico that was caught on video last week received an avalanche of attention and was resolved in a matter…
4 Americans Missing, Feared Kidnapped in Matamoros, Mexico
MEXICO CITY—Four U.S. citizens have been kidnapped after gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in the northern Mexico border city of Matamoros, the FBI said Sunday. The four had entered Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas, on Friday. They were traveling in a white minivan with North Carolina license plates. The FBI San Antonio Division office…
4 US Citizens Kidnapped in Mexico Border City Amid Shootout, Officials Say
MEXICO CITY—Gunmen kidnapped four U.S. citizens who crossed into Mexico from Texas last week to buy medicine and got caught in a shootout that killed at least one Mexican citizen, U.S. and Mexican officials said Monday. The four came under fire Friday shortly after entering the city of Matamoros from Brownsville, the southernmost tip of…
Woman Reported Missing 31 Years Ago Found in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—A Pennsylvania woman who went missing more than 30 years ago in a case that stumped authorities who later declared her legally dead has been found living in a nursing home in Puerto Rico. Patricia Kopta left behind a husband and siblings and meandered through northern Puerto Rico for a while before…
Remains of Missing Baby Found by Police as Couple Held on Suspicion of Manslaughter
Police in Brighton have discovered the remains of a 2-month-old baby who had been missing since it was born in early January, after a two-month manhunt for the infant’s mother ended earlier this week. Constance Marten, 35, and her boyfriend Mark Gordon, 48, are being held in custody in the city on suspicion of gross…
UK Police Search for Infant After Missing Couple Arrested
LONDON—British police said Tuesday they have launched a major search for a two-month-old baby after officers arrested the infant’s mother and her boyfriend who had been missing since January. Constance Marten, 35, and her boyfriend Mark Gordon, 48, a convicted sex offender, had been on the run since the baby was born in early January….
Former Marine Finds Missing Florida Boy Safe in Woods
BROOKSVILLE, Fla.—A former U.S. Marine is being hailed as a hero Friday for finding a 2-year-old boy who had been missing since wandering out of his north Florida home a day earlier. “I said a prayer about 10 minutes before I found him,” Roy Link told Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhuis in a video the…
Human Bones in Car Matched to Georgia Man Missing Since 1976
LAGRANGE, Ga.—Human bones found inside a submerged car near the Georgia-Alabama state line in 2021 have been matched to a college student who had been missing for 47 years, according to a Georgia sheriff. Kyle Clinkscales, 22, of LaGrange, vanished in January 1976 after leaving the Georgia club where he worked as a bartender to…
Texas Man Jailed in Dallas Monkey Case Says He’d Do It Again
DALLAS—A 24-year-old man now linked to an unusual string of crimes that kept the Dallas Zoo on the lookout for missing animals told police that after he swiped two monkeys from their enclosure, he took them onto the city’s light rail system to make his getaway, court records show. Davion Irvin also said he loves…
3 Men Missing After Canceled Rap Gig Were Fatally Shot
HIGHLAND PARK, Mich.—Three men who disappeared after planning to rap at a Detroit party were killed by multiple gunshots, police said Tuesday, five days after their bodies were found in a vacant, rat-infested building. “The investigation also has revealed that this was not a random incident,” state police said on Twitter. “The investigation is continuing…
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